Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3,879, Thomas Dunbar, S.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
S.C.
Dunbar Thomas
W. 3879
Shackelford Mary
B.L.W. 2371-200.
(Former Widow)
CONTENTS

Georgia 7261
Mary Shackelford, formerly widow of Thomas Dunbar who was a Lieutenant S.C. in the Revolution.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 320 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of August 1845 and sent to Miss s Memminger & Jewey Charleston, S. Carolina.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. & June 17. 1844. Vol. 2 Page 176.
Rep.

Thomas Dunbar of the Parish of St. Philips Charleston - Bachelor, & Mary Withers of the Parish of Prince George - Spinster - were married in the Dwelling-House of Mrs. Eliz: Withers of the Parish of Prince George - Widow - by Licence this second day of September Anno Domini - 1784. by me S r . Warren of the Parish of St. James Santee Clerk.
Thos: Dunbar Mary Withers
This marriage was solemnized between us -
In the presence of us. Mr. Buchanan. Will. Withers
I do hereby Certify that the foregoing is a true Copy of an Entry made in a Book now in my possession titled "Register of Marriages. St. James Santee - Craven Coy." Given under my hand the 26 th day of May. 1845.
Thomas Lakin
Ordinary O.G.T.D

Charleston S.C.
27. Sept. 1845.
To J. L. Edwards. Sir.
Accompanying this are the necessary papers connected with the application of Mrs. Mary Shack- elford for the Bounty Lands of Thos. Dunbar who was a Lieut. during the Revolutionary War. Mrs. Shackelford claims as Widow and sole Heir. Very Respct.
James M c Gehee
Warrant N o 2371. for 200. acres, dated 6 th Oct. 1845. in favor of Mrs. Mary Shackelford, Widow and only heir of Thos. Dunbar, Lieut. who was a Lieut. of the S. Carolina Line, was delivered to Peter G. Washington Esq. in accordance with the within Power of Attorney.

Thomas Dunbar
No. 2371.
P. G. Washington Esq Auditor Gen l . P. Office

State of Georgia McIntosh County.
I, Mary Shackelford heir at law of Thos. Dunbar, do upon oath, testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief that the said Thos. Dunbar served as a Lieutenant in the South Carolina line of the Revolution; but as to the date of his entering the service and his term of service, this Deponent cannot speak with certainty, but would refer to the records of the proper Department in Washington, where the name of the said Thos. Dunbar is returned among those entitled to bounty lands from the United States. I further declare that I have never received a Warrant for the bounty land promised to the said Thos. Dunbar on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever: therefore
Know all men by These Presents, That I Mary Shackelford aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint P. G. Washington to be my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name to demand & receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a Warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid - with power of substitution, for the special purposes aforesaid. Attest.
Mary Shackelford
Sarmuel Palmer
Personally appeared Mary Shackelford, subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and made oath to the same, & acknowledged the power of Attorney herein subjoined to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
E. M. Blount
J. P. D.

In Testimony that Edmund M. Blount named in the foregoing acknowledgment, was au- thorized to administer oaths, and take acknow- ledgments &c, in the State of Georgia at the said date, and that his name here subscribed ap- pears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Inferior Court at Darien this twenty fourth day of September A. D. 1845.
Clerk of Court Josiah E. Townsend Clerk Inf. Court McIntosh County Ga

State of Georgia McIntosh County.
24 th Sept. 1845.
Court of Ordinary
We certify that satisfactory evidence was adduced to us to prove that Mrs. Mary Shackelford was the widow and is the sole surviving heir at law in fee to Thomas. Drumbar, who was a lieutenant in the Regiment of the South Carolina Line of the Revolution. Given under our hands and seals of Office this 24 th day of September A. D. 1845.
Samuel Palmer J. P. Clerk
John H. Green J. P. Clerk
Alexander Mitchell J. P. Clerk
Three Judges of the Inferior Court will sign the above
Mrs. Mary Shackelford, has been placed on the list of Pensioners of the State of Georgia

No H963
Mary Shackelford former, widow of Thomas Dunbar
Ga
act 7 July 1838
M 84 C90

State of Georgia.
In Intoch County.
Personally appeared before me Samuel Palmer one of the Justices of the Inferior Court for said County June. Mary Shackelford a resident of the said County and State aged about eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of made by the Act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay to widows and pensions to certain widows". That she was married to Thomas Dunbar in the Parish of Prince George. This year in the State of South Carolina on the second day of September A. D. one thousand eight hundred & eighty four by the Rev. Sam l F. Tannen, as appears by the Parish Register regularly kept, and now deposited in the Office of the Ordinary for Charleston District in the State of South Carolina. That the said Thos. Dunbar was a Captain or at least commanded a Company in the United States Army during the Revolutionary War; but what the nature of the service in which he was engaged this deponent cannot say, as he had resigned his commission before their marriage, but is satisfied that he must have served several years. but presumes that the records of the War Department would afford the best information on this point. That her husband the said Thomas Dunbar died about the year Seven hundred & eighty nine. That she was not married to him prior to his having the

leaving the service, but that the same took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred & twenty four - viz; at the time above stated. This deponent further swears that she removed to the State of Georgia from South Carolina in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty five; That she believes that the said Thomas never during his life time received the bounty to which he was entitled as an Officer of the Revolution, nor any equivalent or commutation therefor. nor has she this deponent since his death. This deponent further swears that from her extreme age and consequent bodily infirmity, she is unable to leave her place of residence to make this her affidavit in open court..
Mary Shackelford
I certify that the above named Mrs. Mary Shackelford has this day been duly sworn, and has subscribed with her own hand the foregoing affidavit; she being too aged and infirm to attend in open court..
Samuel Palmer, one of the Justices of the Inferior Court for McIntosh County - Georgia
State of Georgia, Superior Court Clerks Office W. Intosh County, I, Josiah E. Purnell, clerk of the Inferior Court of McIntosh County in the State of Georgia do hereby certify that Samuel Palmer whose signature appears to the above decree

forging Certificate or affidavit in case of the Justice of the Peace Information & that his said Signature is genuine to all his attestations as such aforesaid & credit ought & should be given
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of the said Justice of the Peace at Darien this the Twentieth day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred & forty five
Josiah E. Dusenberry Clerk Justice of the Peace McIntosh County Ga

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3879
Mary Shockelford for, Wid, of Thos. Dunbar Lieut. Res. War
Act: Mch. 3 rd June 17 th 1864
Index:—Vol. M , Page 204
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No 11963
Mary Shackelford
Daughter of John & Mary Shackelford July 22 1845
act 7 July 1838

From the Milledgeville Recorder.
CRAWFORDVILLE, Ga. }
14th April, 1845. }
Messrs. GRIEVE & OANE:—You might perhaps confer a favor upon some of your readers, by publishing the following list of names of Revolutionary officers and soldiers who have not yet obtained the bounty lands to which they are entitled under the laws of the United States. In case of the death of the soldier, his heirs or legal representatives are entitled in his stead. The information is contained in Executive Document No. 57, of the first session of last Congress. The whole document would doubtless be interesting to many, but is too large for publication in a newspaper. It is a reply from the Secretary of War to a resolution of the House of Representatives, for the names of all those of all the States who are still entitled to bounty lands. I send you the names of those of South Carolina and Georgia only.
Yours respectfully,
A. H. STEPHENS.
A list of names of such Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army as have acquired a right to lands from the United States, and who have not yet applied therefor: [Taken from Ex. Doc. 57, 1st sess. 28th Con.]
SOUTH CAROLINA.
   Names. Rank.    Dunbar, Thomas Lieutenant.  Ford, Tobias Ensign.  Field, James Lieutenant.  Goodwin, John do.  Goodwin, Uriah Captain.  Hart, Oliver Surgeon's Mate.  Kolb, Josiah Lieutenant.  Knabb, John do.  Langford, Daniel do.  Lloyd, Benjamin do.  Martin, John Captain.  McGuire, Merry Lieutenant.  Mason, Richard Captain.  Mitchell, Ephraim Major.  Ogive, George Lieutenant.  Ousby, Thomas do.  Russel, Thomas C. do.  Sunn, Frederick Surgeon.  Williamson, John Captain.  Ward, William Lieutenant.  
GEORGIA.
  Allison, Henry Lieutenant.  Brossford, Coleston Captain.  Collins, Cornelius Lieutenant.  Delaplaine, Peter E. Captain.  Fitzpatrick, Patrick Lieutenant.  Hayes, Arthur do.  Jordan, William do.  Mitchell, John do.  Maxwell, Josiah do.  Mosby, Robert do.  Scott, William Captain.  Sharp, Jas. B. Surgeon's Mate.  Steadman, James Lieutenant.  Tannell, Francis do.  Templeton, Andrew Captain.  

Georgia 9585
May Shackelford, formerly widow of Thome, Dunbar who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died in the year 1790 of H o Intirh. co. in the State of Georgia who was a Lieut. in the company commanded by Captain of the the regt. commanded by  in the L.C. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 320 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of August 1845 and sent to Memminger & Jewey, Charleston. S.C.
Total amount,
$
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. Brown Book D. Vol. 1.
Clerk, Page 325

Comptroller's Genl. Office Columbia So. Ca. May 28/85
Check A. Invent 102
Issued to Lieut. Thomas Dumbar under date 6 th Jun 1783 for Eight hundred and seventeen Pounds Eight shillings and two pence sterling. Pay 1 st May 1784 p er the Gen l orders for pay and subsistence to 1 st May 1783 p er the Auditor Genl s Certificate -
Principals £817:8:2 In. £57:4:4 -
I certify the above to be a true copy from the Records in this office For Comptroller Genl s
I certify that J. Gaval whose signature appears to the foregoing Certificate is the duly appointed Clerk of the Comptroller's Office at Columbia M arshal Compt l Genl s

5 p.m. 15/45
New Bedf.
20
2
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions Washington Dist. Columbia.
mail } ..
Received & returned 15. Sept 1845

Charleston .. 10. Sept. 1840 ..
To
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dr Sir ..
The enclosed Warrant for- warded to us by you, seems to have enormously endorsed, and Mr. Mee- ce the agent in Savannah declined paying it in its present shape; there is no such person as J. W. O'Call in Savannah ..
Very Respectfully .. Thominger & Ferry

11963. June 4. 1845. May Shackelford, July 7. 1838. 16.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Committee of Pensions Washington D. C.
[Faint signature or mark]

Charleston So. Ca.
31. May. 1840.
To J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm re -
Sir -
Enclosed are forward from your attention the application of Mrs. Mary Shackelford for the benefit of the provisions of certain acts of Congress regulating Pensions. You will find accompanying her affidavit a regular certificate of her marriage with Thos. Duncal, also a certificate as to the date of the death of the said Thos. Dun- cal, also a certified extract from one of the Indent Books in the office of the Comptroller General of So. Carolina - We trust that we have complied with all the regulations of the Department, but should anything be wanting please inform us, and it will promptly be supplied - You will oblige us by informing us of the re- sult of the application.
Very Respectfully, Memminger & Jervey. Attys at law.

To
J. L. Edwards Esq - Pension Officer -

Charleston.
26. July. 1845.
To S. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir -
Yours of 22 d inst. is just at hand - and accompanying this we forward you the addition- al testimony required - which we trust will prove satisfactory - Our client is now so aged and infirm, that we would most re- spectfully request you to favor us with an answer at your earliest convenience - Very Respectfully. Memminger & Ferry.

N. 11963
Mary Shackelford Sommers widow of Thomas P. Dantav Ga
act 7 May 1838
adm d 2 years Settlement $320 00 per ann m 8068 817
adm d March 1843 and 17 June 1844 $320 00 per ann m
Memminger & Jewey Charleston S.C.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
BY HIS EXCELLENCY,
William Aiken
William Aiken
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the State aforesaid.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME.
Know Ye, That W m I saac Lequeux whose Signature appears to the annexed Certificate is Comptroller General of the State of South Carolina duly elected by the Legislature of the State aforesaid
THEREFORE, All due Faith, Credit and Authority, is and ought to be had and given to his Proceedings and Certificates as such.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused to be affixed the Seal of the State in the City of Charleston & State aforesaid the Thirty first day of May in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty Five . and in the Sixty Ninth year of the Independence of the United States of America.
BY THE GOVERNOR.
Robt. D. Pinckney Secretary of State

Extract from " The City Gazette or The Daily Advertiser " of Tuesday February 23. 1791.
"Died] On Thursday last, at his plantation near Georgetown. Captain Thomas. Dunbar, of the late South Carolina line of continental troops."
State of South Carolina -
Personally appeared before me Thomas M. Hanchett a member of the Bar at Charleston in the said State and personally known to me and made oath that the above extract is a true and accurate copy from the original contained in " The City Gazette or The Daily Advertiser " a daily paper published in the City of Charleston of Tuesday February 23. 1791. That the said Copy was made by him and by him carefully compared with the Original and found by him to be correct -
Sworn to before me this 29 May 1815
Edward M c Crady Not. Pub: Lef Off: Magistrate
Tho. M. Hanchett

11963
Received June 9, 1845

United States of America - South Carolina District:-
Personally appeared before me R. B. Gilchrist District Judge of The United States for District afore- said, Robert Heniot formerly of George- town but now of Charleston in the State of South Carolina, who being duly sworn deposeth, That he is per- sonally and well acquainted with Mrs. Mary Shackelford now residing in Darien in the State of Georgia; That the maiden name of the said Ma- ry Shackelford was Mary Withers, and that she was married to Capt. Thomas. Dunbar. That this Deponent left South Carolina in the year 1786 to complete his Education at College in Princeton, and was absent several years, and at his departure remembers that she was then married, but at what precise period the marriage was solemnized this Deponent can not undertake to say. That the said Thomas. Dunbar must have died before the return of this Deponent from College in the year 1792, as he does not remember him personally. And this Deponent further deposes that the said Thomas. Dunbar, he has been informed and had always believed was an Officer of the Revolutionary Army, but does not know to what par- ticular service he was attached.

That he said Thomas. Dunbar was always called spoken of as Captain but whether his rank was Captain or Lieutenant, this Deponent cannot say, as the universal habit was to give all who were Officers in the Revolutionary Army war a higher rank than they had actually enjoyed: - this Deponent's father who was a Captain in the Revolutionary Army was after the war always called Colonel. . .
Robert Heriot Jr.
The truth of the foregoing sworn to before me at the City of Charleston in the District of South Carolina this third Friday of May. A. D. One thousand eight hundred and forty five -
R. W. Gist Judge of the United States for the District of South Carolina

United States of America -- South Carolina District --
Personally appeared the Rev. P. P. Trapham. Faith assistant Minister of St. Michael's Church in the City of Charleston, who being duly sworn deposes, That he is personally acquainted with Mrs. Mary Shackelford the widow of Francis Shackelford, and formerly the widow of Thomas. Dunbar an Officer of the Revolution -- That Francis Shackelford the last husband of Mrs. Mary Shackelford died in the year Eighteen hundred and five or thereabouts, as deponent at far back as his recollection extends always remembered the said Mary Shackelford as a widow. This deponent further swears that the said Mary Shackelford's widow, is now quite aged and infirm --
Sworn to and subscribed before me in the City of Charleston in the District aforesaid this 28 th July 1845.
P. Trapham Keith,
R. B. Gilchrist.
Judge of the United States for the District of South Carolina.